Numbers 32

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Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great
multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of
Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

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The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses,
and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

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Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and
Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

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Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel,
is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

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Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land
be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

32:6
And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben,
Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

32:7
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going
over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

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Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.

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For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they
discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go
into the land which the LORD had given them.

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And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,

(32:10) "The LORD's anger was kindled ... and he sware."
Even God gets angry and swears sometimes.

32:11
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old
and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and
unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

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Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun:
for they have wholly followed the LORD.

32:13
And the LORD's
anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the
wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done
evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

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And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful
men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.

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For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the
wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

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And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for
our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

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But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until
we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in
the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

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We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have
inherited every man his inheritance.

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For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward;
because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

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And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed
before the LORD to war,

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And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath
driven out his enemies from before him,

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And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return,
and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be
your possession before the LORD.

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But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be
sure your sin will find you out.

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Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do
that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

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And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses,
saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

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Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there
in the cities of Gilead:

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But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD
to battle, as my lord saith.

(32:27) "Every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle"
A verse for Christian terrorists!

32:28
So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son
of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

32:29
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of
Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the
LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the
land of Gilead for a possession:

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But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions
among you in the land of Canaan.

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And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As
the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

32:32
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the
possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

32:33
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children
of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the
kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan,
the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the
country round about.